SiteHost API

/server/firewall/security_groups/update

Update a Security Group.

Please note, you must provide a list of rules to the params[rules_in] and params[rules_out] parameters. All existing rules will be replaced with the values you provide. If you provide nothing, all rules will be deleted.

Form Parameters

Code Samples

var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open("POST", "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.5/server/firewall/security_groups/update.json", false);

var data = new FormData(); 
data.append("apikey", "your_key_here");
data.append("client_id", "1");
data.append("name", "sgfc40e62092");
data.append("params[label]", "My New Security Group Label");
data.append("params[rules_in][0][enabled]", "1");
data.append("params[rules_in][0][action]", "ACCEPT");
data.append("params[rules_in][0][protocol]", "tcp");
data.append("params[rules_in][0][src_ip]", "127.0.0.1");
data.append("params[rules_in][0][dest_port]", "22");
data.append("params[rules_out][0][enabled]", "1");
data.append("params[rules_out][0][action]", "ACCEPT");
data.append("params[rules_out][0][protocol]", "tcp");
data.append("params[rules_out][0][dest_ip]", "127.0.0.1");
data.append("params[rules_out][0][dest_port]", "22");

xmlHttp.send(data);

var response = xmlHttp.responseText;

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.5/server/firewall/security_groups/update.json");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
$body = array(
    'apikey' => 'your_key_here',
    'client_id' => 1,
    'name' => 'sgfc40e62092',
    'params[label]' => 'My New Security Group Label',
    'params[rules_in][0][enabled]' => '1',
    'params[rules_in][0][action]' => 'ACCEPT',
    'params[rules_in][0][protocol]' => 'tcp',
    'params[rules_in][0][src_ip]' => '127.0.0.1',
    'params[rules_in][0][dest_port]' => 22,
    'params[rules_out][0][enabled]' => '1',
    'params[rules_out][0][action]' => 'ACCEPT',
    'params[rules_out][0][protocol]' => 'tcp',
    'params[rules_out][0][dest_ip]' => '127.0.0.1',
    'params[rules_out][0][dest_port]' => 22,
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $body);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://api.sitehost.nz/1.5/server/firewall/security_groups/update.json")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

body = {"apikey" => "your_key_here", 
    "client_id" => 1,
    "name" => "sgfc40e62092",
    "params[label]" => "My New Security Group Label",
    "params[rules_in][0][enabled]" => "1",
    "params[rules_in][0][action]" => "ACCEPT",
    "params[rules_in][0][protocol]" => "tcp",
    "params[rules_in][0][src_ip]" => "127.0.0.1",
    "params[rules_in][0][dest_port]" => 22,
    "params[rules_out][0][enabled]" => "1",
    "params[rules_out][0][action]" => "ACCEPT",
    "params[rules_out][0][protocol]" => "tcp",
    "params[rules_out][0][dest_ip]" => "127.0.0.1",
    "params[rules_out][0][dest_port]" => 22,
}
request.set_form_data(body)

response = http.request(request)

import requests
from collections import OrderedDict

uri = 'https://api.sitehost.nz/1.5/server/firewall/security_groups/update.json'

# We need ordered dictionary because parameters have to be in the right order.
# Refer to Developer Notes for more information.
body = OrderedDict()

body['apikey'] = 'your_key_here'
body['client_id'] = 1
body['name'] = 'sgfc40e62092'
body['params[label]'] = 'My New Security Group Label'
body['params[rules_in][0][enabled]'] = '1'
body['params[rules_in][0][action]'] = 'ACCEPT'
body['params[rules_in][0][protocol]'] = 'tcp'
body['params[rules_in][0][src_ip]'] = '127.0.0.1'
body['params[rules_in][0][dest_port]'] = 22
body['params[rules_out][0][enabled]'] = '1'
body['params[rules_out][0][action]'] = 'ACCEPT'
body['params[rules_out][0][protocol]'] = 'tcp'
body['params[rules_out][0][dest_ip]'] = '127.0.0.1'
body['params[rules_out][0][dest_port]'] = 22

response = requests.post(uri, data=body)

Response